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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
The Northern "JTncle Tom"

Uncle Tom, in the Shelby household,
had nothing to fear but that sudden loss
of wealth might work for him change
of masters: but Uncle Tom of the tene-
ment has to fear his masters growing
rich; has to fear that the tinkle of in
creasing ducats in his pocket will make
him rejoice in and increase the extor-
ton that thrives so well on tenants who
have forgotten to expect rights. The
southern Uncle Tom had his ways of
earning; of laying aside if only penny
by penny, something. The northern
Uncle Tom never can save; there is not
enough from day to day to hive even de-
Gently; and one break in a days work,
one hour of sickness in father, mother or
child leaves gap that it seems as if never
again they could bridge over. They never
can "catch up"
The southern Tom had his family per-
haps torn from his arms, never again to
lay eyes on daughter or son. Think you
that the northern Tom can keep his
family about him? AS the slave Eliza
clasped her boy to her breast and ran
away that she might not have to give
him up, 50 slips from the tenement house
every day some Eliza with child in her
arms, not to keep him, but to give him
up, to lay him in the crib at the founding
hospital, whence he will be taken by
others, to be known hereafter not as
johnny" but as mo. 22,716," or tc
give him to benevolent agents who will
find him home in the west. Saddest
reflection of all is to think of the callous.
ness that misery produces. OF all the
pathetic stories you can tell of Little Mel
or Oliver Twist, none so impresses me
with the horrors of abject poverty as
am impressed on hearing a mother, wher
tell her l am glad her sick baby i:
better say calmly: "Lor', yes. Warn
it mercy it didn't die! It's just orfu
to have children dyin now, when it costs
so high to bury 'em. Alice yelling
ton Rollins IN The Forum.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11

With strict impartality it speeds alike
down the hutter's chimney, formed of
old kerosene tins, and the Elizabethan
stacks of fashionable suburban mansions;
charges up the busy streets, flashes
through the omnibuses, in at one window
and out of the other like the clown in
the pantomime. But not all of it ! not
the six bushels Shake yourself and see.
Then it spins along the suburban high
ways, pounces down on the scavengers
heaps of dead leaves and other odds and
ends of unconsidered trifles, and they are
gone, and their place knows them no
more. Poets seeking new tropes and fig
ures of speech should try what can be
made of an Australian dust storm. Every
window in the cities is closed, and the
heated blast chafes and bowls about the
easements in a frenzy of impotent rage.
Should any one incautiously turn street
corner particularly sprucely dressed
straightway it makes for him.
The air soon becomes a combination of
atoms as lively as aerated waters. The
whole surrounding country seems
shrouded by an atmosphere which has
been whipped into the consistency of pea
soup. One side of the street is sometimes
as completely hidden from the other side
as by a November fog in London. Woe
to the unlucky housemaid who has mad
vertently left open "A single window ! Re-
pentance in sackcloth and dust is her con-
dign punishment. And thus the enemy
speeds up and down the day through.
The heat is sitting, but people all seek to
close every avenue of approach. Batten
down and stew is the order of the day.
Of two evils it is by far the least; in
deed, the only defense, and every port is
closed as on board ship in bad weather.
Should the demon succeed in effecting an
entrance he sweeps through the hall,
rushes up stairs, and bangs every door
like maniac. The hotel kitchen is a
subject of special anxiety to the function
aries concerned, and certain vendors of
perishable commodities close their shops
altogether. Murray's Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
journalism in New York.

In fact, journalism in New York is not
much in the hands of the elders. There
are comparatively few men engaged in
the profession who have passed the fifth
eth mile post. From 35 to As are the
usual ages, and go through any of the
shabby, dingy little barns and rat holes
that serve as offices for the newspapers
and you will rarely see a gray head in
them. What becomes of the old journal
lists is almost as much of a problem as
what becomes of the old moons or the
lost pins. 1t is the necessity of the pro-
fession that makes it so. The first need
is to keep in warm and intimate touch
with the times, and most men harden
into set opinions and their impressions
crystalline after so; they get out of SYM
pathy with the new and rising generation
and make way for younger men who I'M
derstand the situation better. That part
of the proposition is simple enough, but
what becomes of these older men when
pushed out of the way l can't answer,
for don't know and never have found
any one who can tell me.-New York
Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
LONGEVITY NOTES.

Edmund Montgomery, of Georgia, lived to
be lO2 years of age without ever taking a
dose of medicine.
Although once wealthy, Miss Sinchy Min
derhart died at the New Patz poorhouse
Just after she had had her Tooth birthday.
In New Hampshire Mrs. Annie Colony, of
Pennington, is % years old; Mrs. Clarrissa
Lawrence, of Marlboro, 90, while Mrs Daniel
Abbott, who died in Surry, was 81.
The oldest volunteer fireman in the United
States is said to be John De Mer, of Allen
town, No, who joined Relief company No 2,
of Cincinnati, in 1928. He is more than 50
years of age.
The mother of Maj. King, of Kingston,
Canada, is "a years of age. AT the recent
election she walked to the polls, marked her
ballot without using glasses then walked
home and resumed her household duties
There are on the pension rolls the widows
of two soldiers in the revolutionary war, one
in Northwood, n. H., 90 years of age, and
another in Washington, o., only n. The lat
ter married very young to a soldier very old
She was l6 years, while the bridegroom
was 10
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night ana broken of
your rest by II sick child suffering and crying
with pain of cutting teeth? If so, send at
once and get bottle of MRS. WINsLow's
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING.
Its value is incaculable. II will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend up
on it, mothers, there is no mistake about it.
1t cures dysentery and diarrhGa, regulates
the stomach and bowels, cures whit collie,
softens the gums, reduces Inflammation, and
gives tone and energy TO the whole SYSTEM.
Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP FOR Chill
DREN TEETHING is pleasant to the taste, and
is the prescription of one of the oldest ard
best female nurses and ply sicians in the Uni
ted States, aud is tor sale by all druggists
throughout the world. Price III cents a bot
le. Ally
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
IrritabiIity of Sensitive Plants.

Plants afford examples of excessive ir-
ritability, arising from imperfect nutri-
ton. Some sensitive plants were sowed
in clear sand, and others in vegetable
mold mixed with sand in different proper
tons. The first, which had nothing but
air to feed upon, languished and died;
they were extremely sensitive to the
slightest touch; breath or slight motion
of the pot made them droop. Those
plants which had third or two-thirds of
vegetable mold were still irritable, but in
a less degree, and would not bloom.
Those which had pure vegetable earth be-
came robust and nearly insensitive; strik-
ing their leaves with a stick would make
them double up, but they would unfold
again almost in an instant.-Popular
Science Monthly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
Building an Indian Tepee.

An Indian tepee, or wigwam, is made
by punching a dozen or so long poles to-
gether at one end, and spreading out the
other ends and sticking them in the
ground. Canvas or skins are stretched
over this frame work; that is the red
mans home. with one merit, if no other
portability. The Arapahoe or Comanche
has only to shut his house together like
an umbrella, tie one end of the bunch of
poles to his pony's neck, and he is ready
to travel. A whole village may some
times be seen in course of locomotion, one
hundred horses dragging as many tepees.
When a suitable location is found, the
rapidity with which the Indian village
springs up would put to blush even the
mushroom towns of real estate specula-
tors. In couple of hours the tepees are
erected, the fires built, and the business
of life begun as if the town were as old
as Rome. Meriwether in The Cos
mopolitan.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
IN A HAMMOCK.

Most sweet it is within this circle made
OF deeper green than the outlying grass,
Whereon the sun strikes straight this rinf OF
shade
With tent of freghted apple boughs, where pass
4 thousand lances through of light.
A mass
OF satin leaves lean back and bear some fruit
To the suns favor. Down from bough to root
The apples drop too heavy for the stem
With ripeness. One knows not if scent of them
Is better, or their golden dashed with red
Unto the eye, or when they're coven through
The flavor of them, after that they drew
Into their veins what honey not shed
Within their blossoms when the bees had fed
The sound of rustng husks on idle airs
Comes softly. How the regal dahia shares
Great splendor with the margods. The quaint
Petunia gives us breath as soft and faint
AS film of its one petal. Salvias flame
And coleus burn upon the lawn. the same
AS in all oden autumns. Trellised vine
Shows dusly purple of some unmade wine.
The fragrant, very air about us is
AS nectar drawn through scented chalices
OF flower and fruit, for mind and body's good
And feeds upon the sounds, scents. lights
So sating the souls hunger with souls food,
And cannot drink enough Of these delights.
One turns the leaves of nature to forget
Jennie Maxwell Paine in Brooklyn Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
Origin of the Dahlia.

No flower of the garden has bloomed
more profusely and beautiful this
fall than the dahlia. The plant was
found originally in Mexico, and was
similar TO the single petaled specimens
now popular. A plant was sent to Mad
rid in 1888. where it was seen in blossom
by the Able Cavanilles, who named il
after his friend, Professor Dahl, of Stock.
holm. In 1904 Humboldt went to Mexico
and sent to Europe seeds of the wild
dahlia, and from his seeds the plants now
grown universally descended. By de
grees it doubled and sported till it be
came the perfect flower we now enjoy
Springfield Union.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
BASEBALL TALK.

Manager Mutrie says the captains of his
Seam this season are responsible for its poor
sh wing.
1t is claimed that the ST. Louis-Detroit
combination paid all expenses of their great
trip in the first six games played.
Manager Fogel and the indianapolis off,
cials have great faith in young Slseve and
think he is one of the coming pitchers,
Detroit began and ended the championship
season with defeat, but it got in all its good
work between those two defeats and easily
won the pennant
The Chicago combination will take Fred
Carroll, of the Pittsburg club, along to Cal
ifornia this winter as one of its change catch
ers. Fred may also play first base.
1t is pretty generally conceded that the
Brooklyn club will have a regular team man
ager next year, and that President Byrne
will turn his whole attention to the interests
O. the club
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
RATlONS AT FORT RENO.
Arapahoes and Chcyennes Mt the Govern
ment Commissary Building.

Arapahoes and Chcyennes at the Govern
ment Commissary Building.
Ration day at Fort Reno presents an
exciting scene. There are 31S families of
Arapahoes, containing $50 men, 5G3
women and 1,179 children. or a total Of
2.400 persons. OF Cheyennes there are
73S families, containing 013 men, 1861
women and 2,313 children--a total Of
4.2S7 Cheyenne men, women and chill
dren. These 6,GS7 Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe Indians are all fed and clothed by the
government, each family of six receiving
per week six and a half pounds of coffee,
two and a quarter pounds of sugar and
eight pounds of flour, in addi-
ton to beef. The government com
missary building is within a stone s
throw of the Canadian river
Thither every Monday morning the
hungry Indians crowd for their weekly
supply of food. Each band of forty five
elects a representative, who is given a
ticket numbered from one to fourteen.
This representative presents his ticket
every Monday morning, the supply agent
punches one of the numbers and gives
the bearer his coffee, sugar and -four, and
quarter when the fourteen numbers are
all punched another ticket is issued.
Let us follow the chief after he has
had his ticket punched and received an
order for a beef. His eyes glitter. his
nostrils expand, his painted face looks
more horrible than ever The other men
of the band leap on their horses. They
ride to the stock pen; the agent takes the
order and turns over to the chief bull
or an.ox. The poor brute leaves the pen
dazed-copfused in moment confusion
gives way to wild terror. The Indian
bucks, horrible in their brilliant paints,
give vent to a series of unearthly yells,
and begin a chase that often lasts for
hours. They goad the bull with spears,
run it hither and thither, shouting and
yelling the meanwhile as though they
We're mad.
AT length, tired of this savage sport, one
of the band fires his rifle and puts an end
to the poor beasts misery. The bull nc
sooner falls than the braves surround
him. whip out their knives, cut his throat
and drink the warm blood and eat the
warm, raw flesh. They like the hot
blood and flesh, and it is to secure this
as much as for the excitement, that they
indulge in this wild chase every ration
day at the Reno agency. When theil
gluttonous appetite Is satisfied, the
squaws take the remains of the carcas.
and busy themselves picking clean tn,
bones, while the bucks sleep off the effec
of their orgy. For two or three days
they gormandize; the rest of the week
until ration day comes again, they hal
starve. Such is the result of the govern
ment's method of caring for its wards
Lee Meriwether in The Cosmopolitan.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11

DIR. Julius Pohlmann, in an interesting
article on The Human Teeth Viewed in
the Light of Evolution" shows the in
adequacy of many of the explanations of
the poor teeth of modern times. He be-
lieves that people have poor teeth as they
have poor muscles, because they are not
used enough, The food of the present
day is cooked, softened and hard par
ticles removed, children are brought up
on soft foods, and in general there is a
tendency to allow the teeth 10 lapse into
harmful desuetude.-. Boston Journal of
Health
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11

1t is well to know that contagion Is
not infrequently carried by the common
return postage stamp inclosed in letters
No one is able to know the condition of
the mouth of the person who has wet one
corner of the stamp in order to attach it
to the inside of the letter; no one knows
under what conditions it may have been
while in the pocketbook or diary Of a
person exposed to various fevers or germ
diseases, or whether it may not have lain
on some desk in house where such sick
ness prevails. Equal danger lies also in
great deal of the money in circulation,
if applied to the mouth, as we often use
piece of money in the street cars OF
otherwise. This is fortunately such a
violation of good breeding that it is fast
ceasing to be a custom. Safety lies in
applying neither postage stamp mol
money to the mouth.-Harper's Bazaar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11

"You complain of having to pay your
pastors salary" said an old miller. Il
will pay it for you, and you shall not feel
it." At the end of the year he brought
in a receipt in full for the salary from
the pastor, and then he exclaimed: II
did it by taking a little toll when you
sent your grain to my mill, and took SO
little that none of you felt it. You see
how easily the pastor can be paid. -
Religious Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11

An account of some interesting ancient
flint mines discovered near Mur-de-
Barrez, France, has been given by NJ.
Marcelin Boule. The flints formed bed
underlying some twenty feet of chalk, in
which narrow shafts and galleries, still
bearing the marks of the rude deer horn
picks, were excavated. The roofs of the
galleries were supported by pillars and
props, as in modern mining, but the re-
suits of cave ms are still to be seen in
tools crushed between fallen rocks. Near
the shafts are the remains of ancient
workshops, where the flint was worked
into various articles used in the age of
polished stone.-Arkansaw Traveller.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
A Big Syndicate.

A syndicate of English, French, Ger
man and New York capitalists has been
organized for the purpose of investing
$40, 900, 900 in Florida industries. The
company will seek to effect thorough
development of south Florida by building
railroads, factories, mills, and encourag-
ing the silk and other industries.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11

A Texas newspaper claims to have re-
ceived in payment of a subscription "the
oldest hen on record The editor says
she was imported from Mexico by the
local physician eight or nine years ago
Chicago Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
Not So Difficult.

Citizen 60 Sheriff. suppose, Mr..
Selemout, that the execution of a MUIR
derer is not only most unpleasant duty,
but one somewhat difficult to successfully
perform as well?
sheriff Not after you get the hang Of
ii. The Epoch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
NIetaI Rones for Mines,

Signal ropes for mines are on the Con-
tinent made of dtta metal, for the reason
that this metal resists corrosion. 1t is
than fifty tons per square inch of section.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
SAMPSON FARM

stage road leading to Bridport. No better To-
cation can be found from the Green Mountain
range to the AXE. The house is new, commO-
dious and of modern style. There are three
good sized barns, corn house and other out
buildings, all in good condition. This farm,
containing ll6 acres, is in high state of cul-
tivation, producing the largest crops of grass
and grain from NcartO year. Ithas an abund-
ance OF good water ut house and barn. also
never failing springs i'm the fields For fur
Their particulars enquire of L. W. Dayton on
the promises, or Dea. c. ID. Lane of Cornwall.
3lm3
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-11
PENSION CLAIMS, n S"a%;z e e!aI%s,

PEHSIUM ClgIMS, Bounty Cla!ms,
Officers Claims all classes of War Claims,
Neic Lars cuttings and Decisions. ! will meet
at Midd ebury, VI, Friday, oct. IA, at the
county clerks Office, No charge tor consulta-
ton. II your claim is without merit, will in
form you at once and save you trouble and
expense | have made the prosecution OF
these claims Il specially at Washington, ID. c.,
for over six vars, and will give you valuable
advice tree. 1872 CHARLES +. FAlRMAN.
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-15
THE BELcHER WILL CASE.
The Jury Give Verdict Fully Sustain
ing the VIII.

Nathan f. Backus and others, appellants
from the decree of the Judge of Probate in
the matter of the will of Sarah S. Belcher,
late of Pennington, deceased.
The case was argued on the part of the
contestants by Hon. S. C. Strout, who occu-
pied two hours and half. Hon. j. w. Sy-
monds made the closing argument for the
proponents, taking little over three hours.
Judge Walton gave the case to the jury and
they went out at o'clock.
At O'Clock the jury returned into court
with the following answers to the questions
which were submitted to them;
Was Sarah S. Belcher, the testatrix, of
sound mind at the time she executed the said
instrument which .purports to be her last
will and testament?
AnSwer-Yes.
Was Sarah S. Belcher, the testatrix, of
sound mind at the time she executed the said
instrument which purports to be codicil to
her last will and testament?
AnSwer-Yes.
Was said testatrix induced to make and
execute said instruments which purports to
be her last will and testament by fraud or
undue influence?
AnSWer--No.
Was said testatrix induced to make and
execute said instrument purporting to be
codicil by fraud or undue influence?
AnSwer-No.
This verdict has the effect to affirm the
will and admit it to probate as the viii of
Mrs. Belcher.
Previous to the beginning of the argu-
ments in the morning it was agreed by coun-
sci that the question as to whether the will
was duly executed. that is whether all the
formalities required by the statute had been
complied with, should be withdrawn from
the jury, and the court decided that it was
duly executed.
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-15
PERSONAL.

Mr. Lewis Peirce was a passenger by the
Vancouver.
Mr.. Geo. F. Gregory. manager of the
Standard Oil Company's works of New York,
is stopping at the Falmouth Hotel
A. A. bennett, Esq, left yesterday noon
for Minneapolis, and other points in the
West. BE will be absent about four weeks.
Mr.. John NJ Stevens, living at No. 5 Grant
street, fell down stairs Sunday night. He
started two of his ribs and otherwise injured
himself He was quite comfortable yester-
day.
Adjutant General Gallagher started for
eastern Washington county Saturday after
noon on cunning trip. He took fine rifle
with him and his friends here are waiting to
hear that he has brought down "big game"
Miss Margaret We're Harrington, daughter
of Col. ETC. Harrington of this city, has
written, and the Putnams of New York are
soon to publish, book entitled "Tales of
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round
Table"
A quiet wedding took place yesterday
morning between Mr.. Warren c. King, the
crayon artist, and Miss Lizzie F. PennelI.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. Marion
Crosley at the home Of the brides father,
Mr.. Thomas Pennell, on Smith street. Only
immediate relatives were present. The
young couple left ON the noon train for a
short tour to New York, after which they
will take up their abode on Smith street
They bear with them the best wishes of
many friends.
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-15
HON EWARD BOUND.
Courtesies Extended to mir. and Mrs.
Thomas Abroad.

Hon. w. w. Thomas, Jr. and Mrs Thomas
were registered at the American Exchange,
London, on Nov. I'd, having arrived the
same day from Paris. Their journey from
Stockholm had been a very pleasant one. At
Copenhagen, dinner was given in their
honor by Baron Marochetti, the minister of
Italy. AT Paris they sattended an evening
party given by Count Loewenhaupt, the
minister of Sweden and Norway; and on
Oct 31st dejeuner was given to our towns
man and his bride by the Duke and Duchess
de Charities. 1t may be interesting to Amer
leans to know that the Duke has placed in
an honored position in the armory of the du-
cal palace many mementoes of our civil war.
in which he and his brother, the Count of
Paris, took part as officers on the staff of
Gen. Mcclellan. The sword, cap, shoulder
straps, pistols, belt and sash worn by the
Duke in America, hang in glass case ON the
wall, together with revolving rifle taken
from the enemy in an action in which the
Duke participated.
On Nov. 9th Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas were to
leave London for Liverpool, where dinner
would be given them just prior to their sail
ing for America, by +. S. Cochrane, ESQ.,,
one of the managers of the Inman line of
steamships